Thankfully, I have nothing exciting to report today.  Yesterday was pretty relaxing and productive.  I did some writing, ran errands, vacuumed, started the laundry, worked on Mom’s gift (I’m almost done!), and did some reading, too.  I also ordered some hiking boots online (it’s hard to find my size boots of any kind in a store), and according to the email I just got, they should arrive today!  Cool, huh?

EDIT (10:45 am):  So my shoes arrived by FedEx today.  I ordered a pair of hiking boots from Zappos.com.  I opened the box to find gold Nine West sandals.  Um…not exactly what I ordered.  However, I called them to ask about it and the service rep (after realizing that they have no more size 5 in that style) actually tried to find another site with those shoes in the right size and then tried to help me find another option when that didn’t work.  And they’re sending me a coupon for 20% off another purchase.  I can live with that!  END EDIT

Anyway, I think today will look much like yesterday!  This afternoon, my department is meeting to interview a prospective hire, but I doubt I’ll be going.   I’m really tired, and the two hours of driving for an hour’s worth of interview for someone whom they will probably hire with our without my input just doesn’t make it seem worth it.  I could change my mind, but I think I might be more useful to them to stay here and pray for them all!  We’ll see…

One last thing from Sunday: For the first time ever, we were visited by Mormon missionaries.  I answered the door to find 3 ladies there, and “Sister Grubbs” spoke to me (words in brackets indicate where I don’t remember exactly what was said) while the other two gave silent support.

Grubbs:  “Hello! We are going door-to-door talking to people about Jesus and I was wondering if I could ask you three simple questions.”
Me: “Actually, my husband and I are already believers in Jesus Christ.”
Grubbs: “Really, so then you know that he has a plan for your life?”
Me: “Yes, we do.”
Grubbs: “Would you mind describing that plan for me?”
Me: “Sure.  We believe that [he has saved us] and is making us to be more like him and when we die, he’ll take us to heaven to live with him forever.”
Grubbs: “Wow!  You’re the first person I’ve talked to that has had any real idea [about this].
Me: “And we also believe that his sacrificial death on the cross is how we are forgiven of our sins, and we are trying to simply live out our faith to our neighbors [and in our lives].”
Grubbs: “That’s great.  We also wanted to offer you a free copy of the Book of Mormon (she hands me a small flier) which is another revelation of Jesus Christ, other than the Bible, telling about his [actions] in the Americas. Will you call that number and order it?”
Me: “Probably not because we don’t believe that it is another revelation of Jesus Christ.”
Grubbs: “Well, we believe that Jesus didn’t just show love to those in Jerusalem.”
Me: “I don’t believe that he did just love those in Jerusalem…after all, he loves me.  But we still don’t believe that this (I held up the flier) is another revelation.”

At this point, the lady behind Sister Grubbs thanked me for my time and said goodbye.  The trio walked down my driveway as the lady who had closed the discussion began to ‘instruct’ Sister Grubbs on (I suspect) what she could/should have said to me.  It was a rather interesting encounter, I must say, and I said a prayer for Sister Grubbs.  I hope she finds the truth.